>>>>>>>>You should ask him how many he has sold for money and not self-published. That might be a better question.
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>>>>>>>What's the difference between selling books you self-publish and selling books you have a printing house do?
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>>>>>>The difference is publishing houses select the best from many. Anyone can self-publish. All you have to do is pay some money and then you're an "author."
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>>>>>Publishing houses don't necessarily select the "best". They select what they think will sell.
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>>>>>Are you saying Jameses book is self published and that that makes it not so good..
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>>>>I think it is heroically self promoted. He posted an excerpt and I was not impressed. And I will leave it at that..
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>>>Millions buy Jeffrey Archer books. I think they're crap. Does that mean they are all wrong and I'm right
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>>Yes
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>LOL. I don't like Shakespeare either. Where do we stand on that.

Can't remember the last time I sat down and *read* any Shakespeare. But I can enjoy watching a well performed play - after all that was what most of it was meant for.